Tuesday, May 28, 2013

BJP's vote share sees a drastic dip in Mysore

The assembly elections
results has shook the base of BJP in Mysore and Chamarajanagar
district. Not a single BJP candidate from 14 constituencies of Mysore
and Chamarajanagar district have succeeded in elections.

The candidates who
contested from 10 constituencies of Mysore district have obtained
only 1.44 lakhs votes (10.07 per cent), against 14,30,181 votes.
Whereas in Chamarajanagar the candidates have obtained 27,455 votes
against 5,89,801 votes.

While, the KJP performance
in both the district is good comparatively to BJP. In Mysore district
KJP has obtained 1,61,113 votes (11.26 per cent), which is 1.19 per
cent more than BJP. In Chamarajanagar, it has obtained 1,53,850
votes, dealing a severe blow to BJP.

It can be remembered here
old Mysore region provided base for BJP three decades ago. In 1983
elections H Gangadhar had won from Krishnaraja constituency. In 1985,
1989 BJP lost the elections. In 1994 BJP won the elections in
Krishnaraja, Narasimharaja and Chamaraja constituencies.

But after a gap of 10
years, that is in1999 elections BJP set a record in district by
winning in five constituencies out of 11. In 2004 Shankarlingegowda
and in 2008 SA Ramdas and Shankarlingegowda won the elections. While,
2013 election is a nightmare for BJP.

If compare to previous two
elections, this time BJP was completely rooted out in district. In
the previous 2008 elections, BJP had succeeded from Krishnaraja and
Chamaraja constituencies. The total per cent of votes obtained from
district is 3.87 lakhs (27.85 per cent) against 13,91,309 votes. The
party managed to hold second and third position. Whereas, this time
the party holds fourth and fifth position in several constituencies.

2013 elections

This time about 2.5 lakhs
voters have cast their right against BJP in Mysore district. Apart
from three constituencies of Mysore city and HD Kote in the remaining
constituencies the BJP has lost deposit. In Varuna, the BJP has
slipped to 10 th place.